Thursday, August 20, 2009

No doubt they'll call him a "traitor" too now . . .

Former Secret Service agent Joseph Petro who spent 4 of his 23 years in the United States Secret Service guarding former President Ronald Reagan has a conversation with CNN's Rick Sanchez re: the right-wing gun goons showing up at Obama speaking events:




Joseph Petro: If the police have to go out and deal with these foolish gun nuts with exposed weapons in public crowds, they are being taken away from activity that is much more important and that is to keep our president safe and to keep the public safe.

Rick Sanchez: In all your years as a Secret Service agent have you ever seen anything like this? Ten to twelve people yesterday were walking around this venue where the president was, walking outside, and they were packing. Have you ever seen a situation like that?

Joseph Petro: No, I've never seen or heard of anything like that. And I think it's, you know, I think all of us should be concerned about this. What's the next step? Are they going to ride around in pick-up trucks with automatic weapons? it would be like Somalia.

"Are they going to ride around in pick-up trucks with automatic weapons? it would be like Somalia."

Ummm --- yeah ... that is exactly what the gun goons would love America to be like -- everyone gooned up and ridin' around in them thar' pick-em-up trucks loaded for bear (and civil war).

I read a story just the other day about a bunch of guys re-enacting the Vietnam conflict somewhere in the rice paddies of central Pennsylvania - you know - kind of like those guys who like to dress up and recreate civil war battles? Anyhow, I'm beginning to think it just might be a good idea that we should set aside some remote U.S. park land that is reserved exclusively for these gun nuts (the Secret Service guy's words) to go and play their war games and blow up shit. Only, I'm of the same opinion that the late great George Carlin once observed about these people, --- "let the assholes use live ammunition!"




AMEN to that!



----k

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